Clothes-drier



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A. BLANCHARD.

CLOTHES DRIER.

No. 326,836. Patented Sept. 22, 1885.

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ALANSON BLANCHARD, CF ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CLOTH ES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,836, datedSeptember 22, 1885.

Application filed February 9, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALaNsoN BLANCHARD, of Arlington, in the county ofMiddlesex, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Clothes-Driers; and I do hereby declare the sameto be described in the following specitication and represented in theaccompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a top view, Fig. 2 a sideelevation, and Fig. 3 an end view, of a clothesdrier of my improvedkind, the nature of my invention being duly defined in the claimshereinafter presented. Fig. 4 is a top view ot' the forked bar orclothes-retainer to be described.

The said clothesdrier has two pairs of legs, A, those of each pair beinghinged orjointed together at their upper ends and to a brace, B,extending from them, as represented. The two pairs or' legs A are placedat a suitable distance apart, and are connected by bars C extended fromeach of the legs of one pair to those of the other, in manner asrepresented. Each brace B, at its foot, is connected with the ground orfloor by a hinge or staple, a, going through the brace and into theiioor, or into a short post driven into the ground. A series of endlessropes, C', are applied to the pairs of legs and the inclined braces,each of such ropes being extended through all the legs and both of thebraces and tied together at their ends, in consequence of which, on thelegs of each pair being simultaneously moved away from each other, eachof the ropes will be drawn taut. Resting on each part of each ropeextending between the pairs of legs is a bar, D, which is forked at eachend in order for it to receive and embrace the two legs, a top View ofsuch bar being shown in Fig. 4. After clothes may have been hung on therope the forked bar is to be placed on them to keep them thereon, itbeing used instead of clothespins. Vhen so arranged on the clothes, the

iurcations of the bar receive and embrace the two legs between whichsuch bar is extended.

(No model.)

Between one brace and the pair of legs immediately connected to it, anddepending from such brace and 1egs,there is arranged a hanger, E, whichanswers as a seat for a person to sit upon, or as a support for aclothes-basket. I usually form it or' a rope rove through the brace andboth ot' the legs and tied together at its ends, and having the partsthat go between the legs and between them and the brace curved or boweddownward and tied together, so as to form a seat, which a person, bystraddling it, can sit upon, or can use to support a clothes-basket whenplaced upon it.

The clothesdrier may be used to sustain a hammock slung within it, or itmay answer to support a tent-cloth thrown over it.

W' hen not int-ended for use,the clothes-drier may have its braces andeach of its pairs of legs folded together, so as to reduce it to a smallcompass, either for storage or transpor tation of it.

I claiml. The combination of the two pairs of legs having those of eachpair hinged together at their upper ends with the two braces hinged tosaid pairs, and with the series ot" ropes going through the legs andbraces, all being substantially as set forth.

2. The combination ofthe hanger E,extend ing between one of the bracesand the neXt contiguous pair of legs and depending therefrom,with thetwo braces and the two pairs of legs, connected substantially as setforth.

3. The combination of the clothes-retainer D,i'urcated at its ends andapplied to the legs and rope extending between them, as set forth,

with the clothes-drier consisting of the two pairs of legs, the inclinedbraces, and the ropes or bars arranged with and applied to such legs, asset forth.

ALANSON BLANCHARD.

Vitnesses:

R. H. EDD Y, S. N. PIPER.

